I'll hold indexes overnight unless the trade is a loser near the close, in which then I'll usually bail. Of course then it always seems to be...
Try any number of CBOT contracts, such as Gold, Mini Gold, mini silver, Corn, Wheat, etc. You can get free real quotes for the minis on the...
Yeah, I wish there was more interest in this contract. I like the size and am a small trader who would like to trade yen futures but not the full...
mini Euro avg daily vol is about 2500 contracts mini Yen avg daily vol is about 7 contracts
I'm wondering why you even bothered to "give a little background about yourself". As if being a graduate student would have anything to do with...
Picking stocks vs index futures are two different animals. Index futures move following things such as world events, economic reports, Greenspan,...
You can find some of what you are looking for for free by looking at turtletrader.com http://www.turtletrader.com/hpd.html One thing...
Thanks for replying. Yeah, I offered to split the loss, and am now awaiting an answer. I am afraid I confirmed the order - its on tape, I just...
I placed a order over the phone, to buy a mini commodity, which I clearly specified and then mentioned that it was closing a position, which I...
For corn the price is quoted per bushel but the contract is 5000 bushels (you cant trade by the bushel, only by 5000 bushels) , so multiply the...
You are all over the place with questions: How do you access futures markets - you need to select a broker, I recommend an online one, many...
I wouldn't try scalping either. 6-10 ticks is what I try for, but with one lot, I sometimes try for a 16 tick. I guess it all depends on what you...
Did you try the thing on Kitco that tells you the price of spot gold next to the clock on your computer? I haven't tried it but it looks...
One of the stupidest things I have ever heard
Oh gee, I wonder why the volume is so small. I thought all the "sophisticated traders" would flock to this new contract. Makes me wanna go buy a...
435 give or take a few bucks. I think if it was going to move to the 500 range it would have last fall.
I think the CME officials either want the new ETF futures to fail or are just so out of touch with reality that their stupidity will make it fail....
My curosity got the best of me and so I checked their site for some quotes an hour before the close . . . NOTHING. What a worthless dismal launch.
Looks like the margin requirements are 20% of the value of the contract, if I read the CME web site correctly. If that's the case I'm sticking to...
Thanks Bluehorseshoe for responding. I checked the link you posted but all I could find is the yesterdays OHLC. I am actually looking for some...
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